Emission Factor

Helium (market for helium)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Helium' is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007440-59-7. It is called 'helium' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: He. It is gas under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and it has no odour. The substance is modelled with >99.9% purity On a consumer level, is used in the following products: Arts, crafts, and hobby materials, fuels and related products, metal products not covered elsewhere, non-TSCA use, magnetic resonance imaging equipment, toys, playground, and sporting equipment, leak detection gas, welding gas, diving, inerting gas, coolant, lifting gas for balloons. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: Aeronautics, Process and Balloon gas, Welding, Medical Equipment, Diving gas, Functional fluids (closed systems), Functional fluids (open systems), Process regulators, leak detection gas, welding gas, lifting gas, inerting gas, coolant. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameHelium (market for helium)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.8
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 11Version log
  • Replaced by: e9480b59-ac44-47f7-9ffc-162e02960b34

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_helium_market_for_helium
UUID
b0655aea-13f6-46a7-9dab-e4b45f59fab4_afa2d64e-2106-4ed7-a40f-9145c88425a5
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